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No. 230,441. Patented July 27,1880.

. PETERS. PHTO-LTHGGRAPMER, WSHINGTION. D. C,

llNITED- STATES PATENT OFFICE?.

JAMES S. S. TIDD AND FRANK O. GLAFLIN, OF VVESTBOROUGH, MASS.

ADJUSTABLE HANDLEl FOR KETTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent `No. 230,447, datedv July 2'7, 1880.

Application tiled May 17, 1880.

To all lwhom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES S. S. TIDD and FRANK O. GLAFLIN, both of Westborough, in the county ot' Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Adjustable Handle for Kettles; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l represents a side view of an ordinary iron kettle, such as is commonly used for culinary purposes, showing` one of our adjustable handles applied to the same, which will be 4hereinafter more fully described. Fig. 2 represents a top orv plan view of our aforesaid adjustable handle when'removed from the bail ofthe kettle; and Fig. 3 represents the under side of said handle.

To enable those skilled in the art to which our invention belongs to make and use the same, we will proceed to describe it more in detail.

ln the drawings, A represents an ordinary `formed upon the under side of the part E,

which ts between two ears or projections, ce, formed upon the upper side of the part F, as is fully represented by the drawings. Said parts E and F are slotted upon their inner sides, as represented at d, Figs. 2 and 3, so that they may tit over the wire bail C, as shown in Fig. l. Slots are also'formed in said parts E and F at the points e, to lighten the same.

The handle D is represented at G in proper position for raising and carrying the kettle A, and at H for pouring or emptying out its contents. When the handle is in the last-named position the notched portions fj' of the part E bear upon the lower corner, g, of earB, while the ends h h of the part F bear upon the inner side, i, of said ear. Therefore, when the han- 5o dle is grasped and the parts E and F thereby (No model.)

drawn together, it will be seen that the kettle is held in a very firm and secure manner, and is effectually prevented from turning as the contents are poured out, by said set of notches fj' and ends L h bearing upon the square surfaces of the ear B, and also by the curve of handle D being greater than the curve of the wire bail C.

The curve of handle D being greater than that of bail C, as above stated, also prevents said handle turning at any point upon the bail, thus always keeping it in its proper upright position, ready to be grasped by the hand.

In pouring out the contents or liquid portions thereof from the kettle, the cover I is prevented from falling oi' by the ends kk of part F bearing'upon and holding its outer edge, as represented in Fig. l.

When the hand is released upon handle D (after having carried the kettle to the point desired) said handle slides down over the surface of bail C,and as the curved ends Z l of the part E strike the top of ear B, said part is swung out, thereby allowing the handle to drop down over the ear and lock, as shown in Fig. 1. To facilitate said adjustment of handle D to ear B the inner sides of the ends of the part E are also curved, as represented at mm, Fig. 3, so as not to catch onto the end 'n of the bail C.

The ends ot' handles D are constructed alike, so that they may be used upon either side of the kettle to which they are att-ached. They may be made of any suitable material, and of any form required to lit the same to the ears of the' kettle. They may also be employed upon any other form or style of kettle to which they are adapted without departing from the principle of our invention.

From the foregoing' description it will be seen that a kettle provided with an adjustable handle, such as hereinbefore shown and dewith less liability of the `person using the same being scalded in pouring out its contents, than by the use of a wire bail only upon said kettle.

The peculiar form. and construction of the parts E and F produce an easy-fitting surface for the hand, while at the same time a scribed, may be much more easily handled, and.

2. The combination, with the wire bail or handle C, ears B B, and cover I of a kettle, A, of hinged parts E and F and pin a, oonstructed, arranged, and operating` substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

JAMES S. S. TIDD. FRANK O. GLAFLIN.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. FAIRBANKS, W. TROWBRIDGE FORBES. 

